In the following excerpt from “Mendeleyev’s Dream: The Quest for the Elements,” author Paul Strathern explains the state of chemistry in the years leading up to Dmitri Mendeleyev’s development... Read more »
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The world underneath Rome’s cobblestones has a rhythm. Under a newly raised canopy of steel beams almost 30 feet listed below the hum of Vespas and buses, Rossella Rea,... Read more »
Whales belong in the ocean, right? That might hold true today, however cetaceans (whales, dolphins, cetaceans) really came down from 4 legged mammals that once survived on land. New... Read more »
On March 18, 2018, Elaine Herzberg, 49, was crossing a roadway in Tempe, Arizona, when a Volvo SUV taking a trip at 39 miles per hour hit and eliminated... Read more »
↑ Jenny Stynoski, research study teacher at the Instituto Clodomiro Picado at the University of Costa Rica I routinely endeavor into the Costa Rican jungle to study toxin frogs.... Read more »
What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we pledge you’ll have an even weirder response if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest... Read more »
The capability to exactly modify genes with technology such as CRISPR has actually altered the bounds of possibility for science. That was shown just recently in the case of... Read more »